Organ-reed



(No Model.) C. N. RAND.-

ORGAN REED. N0. 358,571. Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

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CHARLES N. RAND, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

ORGAN-REED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,571, dated March 1, 1887.

Application filed October 25, 1886.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. RAND, of Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Organ-Reeds, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to reeds used in cabinet and other organs.

The object of my invention is to obtain a better quality of tone and more power.

Heretofore in reeds of this class the reedtongue has been joined or fastened to the reedsocket at one end, or, projections being left on the sides of the tongue at or near the center, the projections were fastened to the reedsocket.

My invention consists in cutting two slots in the socket for the reedtongue, thus leaving a bar or strip of metal of any thickness or width most desirable, joining the two sides of the socket at or near the middle, or the slot may be cut in the socket the length of the tongue, and divided in the middle by a piece of metal fastened to each side of the socket, thus joining the two sides. Upon this piece or bar of metal the tongue is riveted or fastened by any convenient device. The metal plate from which the socket is made can be of any thickness or temper most desirable or convenient.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective of my invention. Fig. 2 is the tongne,a section ofthesame; and Fig. 3 is the socket, another section.

In Fig. 2, A A represents a flat piece of metal called the reed-tongue, which, be-

ing of the requiredthickness to accommodate the pressure of air, will vibrate at each end. At the point Ba hole is cut or punched through the tongue, at or near the center, in order to fasten it to the reed-socket.

In Fig. 3, O 0 represents the socket upon which the tongue A A is fastened. D D rep- Serial No. 217,171. (No model.)

resent the slots or apertures through which each end of the tongue vibrates. Atthe points E E the piece or bar of metal F is left or fastened to both sides of the socket at or near the middle and midway between the two slots. At the point G the piece of metal or socket F has a hole cut or punched through to correspond with the holein the tongue. The metal plate or bar from which the socket is made can be of any thickness or graded thicknesses, or of any degree of hardness or temper most convenient or desirable. It is desired to grade the thickness and hardness of the metal in the proportion which will produce the best results in carrying or assisting vibration from one end of thereed-tongue to the other, or in giving the tongue more flexibility. The socket should be so constructed that if one end of the tongue be made to vibrate the other end of the same tongue will vibratein sympathy.

The reed-tongue A A is placed upon the reed-socket G G, and they are fastened together by a rivet passing through the holes at the points B and F, so that each end of the tongue A A can vibrate or move back and forth through the slots in the socket O O.

I claim as my invention 1. A reed-socket out from a metal plate, of any thickness or degree of hardness which may be the most desirable or convenient, with two slots through which each end of the tongue vibrates, as described and set forth.

2. The piece or bar of metal joining the two sides of the socket, and midway between the two slots, upon which the tongue is riveted with one or more rivets.

3. A reed combiniugasocket with two slots, and a tongue fastened at or near its center to the socket, as described.

CHARLES N. RAND.

Witnesses:

J. BOYD FIELD, O. G. SELLEoK. 

